Posts by Kenny Smith
Music and beer at the heart of weekend festival
Ferry Fest 2019 take place this weekend with the return of the large outdoor beer and musical festival. Running on Saturday, June 29, Ferry Brewery, the first and only brewery in South Queensferry since 1851, are set to host Ferry Fest 19 with the main goal of providing a much bigger and better event. The…
Read MoreScot reaches finals for National Chef of the Year
A leading Scottish chef has reached the finals of a prestigious UK culinary competition. Derek Johnstone, head chef at Borthwick Castle in Midlothian, is representing the country as the only Scottish chef to have reached the finals of the prestigious National Chef of the Year contest. Derek, who joined Borthwick Castle in 2017 following the…
Read MoreDo you live in Scotland’s next Home of the Year?
The search is on to find the country’s most distinctive des res as BBC Scotland today announced plans for another series of the hit property show. Filming on series two of Scotland’s Home Of The Year begins in August and programme-makers IWC Media are looking for contenders. They want to hear from the owners of…
Read MoreGripping thriller will keep you glued into the night
Fans of the Inspector McLean crime novels will not be disappointed by this instalment, The Damage Done, with Oswald delivering another gritty page-turner that will keep you reading late into the night. When an Edinburgh Police vice squad raid goes embarrassingly awry, Inspector Tony McLean finds himself haunted by echoes of his first case. With…
Read MoreSongs in the key of life for Sir James MacMillan
He might be Scotland’s pre-eminent composer, but Sir James MacMillan is just as happy writing music for school children James – knighted in 2015 – is rarely short of an opinion. Although his proper job is composer and conductor, any day of the week he might be on Twitter discussing football, liturgical music or international…
Read MoreThe life and loves of Shetland creator Ann Cleeves
Ann Cleeves, the creator of the books behind the BBC’s Shetland and ITV’s Vera TV series, tells Scottish Field on her love for libraries, birds, actors and the islands that are her muse. I wrote about Shetland because I love it there. I first went to the islands in 1975 to work as an assistant…
Read MoreHe flew around the world in 80 days for charity
Pilot Dave McElroy flew around the world in 80 days to raise money for Scotland’s Air Ambulance Charity. How long have you been flying? I’ve been flying for 47 years. I took flying lessons as soon as I had enough money to pay for them and learned to fly in the Rocky Mountains in Canada.…
Read MoreOffers over ÂŁ1million for restored 17th century home
An enchanting and meticulously restored 17th century house in secluded grounds is now for sale – for over ÂŁ1million. Northfield House, in Prestonpans, East Lothian, is presented to the market by Savills. This is a rare opportunity to acquire an enchanting family house in excellent order in delightful and secluded garden grounds of 1.74 acres.…
Read MoreThe brave RAF base that protected our skies from the Luftwaffe
When war broke out in 1939, the Luftwaffe attacked the Royal Navy base at Rosyth. Spitfires from the Drem airfield in East Lothian were scrambled to protect it, engaging in one of the first air battles over Britain, with Drem aircraft patrolling the skies over the Firth of Forth until the end of the war.…
Read MoreBroadcaster Stuart Cosgrove is full of Northern soul
The two loves of broadcaster and writer Stuart Cosgrove’s life – football and music – both have their origins in his home town of Perth. Some of my earliest memories of Perth are of the long summers. I don’t know if they felt long because we were off school or just because we were outside…
Read More